Bill Text: TX HB2137 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to an application made by certain retired state and federal officers to obtain a license to carry a handgun; waiving a fee.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-23 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2137 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2137-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to an application made by certain retired state and federal officers to obtain a license to carry a handgun; waiving a fee.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-23 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2137 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2137-Introduced.html
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By: Burns | H.B. No. 2137 |
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relating to an application made by certain retired state and | ||
federal officers to obtain a license to carry a handgun; waiving a | ||
fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 411.199(d), (f), and (g), Government | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) The department shall waive any fee required [ |
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issued under this subchapter to an applicant under this section. | ||
(f) A license issued under this subchapter to an applicant | ||
under this section expires as provided by Section 411.183. | ||
(g) A retired officer of the United States who was eligible | ||
to carry a firearm in the discharge of the officer's official duties | ||
is eligible to apply under this section for a license issued under | ||
this subchapter [ |
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subsection may submit the application at any time after retirement. | ||
The applicant shall submit with the application proper proof of | ||
retired status by presenting the following documents prepared by | ||
the agency from which the applicant retired: | ||
(1) retirement credentials; and | ||
(2) a letter from the agency head stating the | ||
applicant retired in good standing. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 411.199, Government Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies only to an application for a license to carry a | ||
handgun submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
application submitted before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the application was | ||
submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |